Book of Psalms bible study Psalms 120 to 150

 

Here is the seventh and final study of the book of Psalms covering the last 31 Psalms, most of which are fairly short in length, many less than ten verses, in fact. These psalms cover the gamut from praise and worship songs, prayer, and other types. Many if not most of these Psalms were in fact written by David, but there are also some that are anonymous. The last six psalms (Psalm 145 through 150) are just out and out praise and worship Psalms.

This is a follow up from the Psalm 119 bible study for those wanting to read it or are doing a full bible study of all the books of Psalms here is a link to the Psalm 119 bible study

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Psalm 120

(Psalm 120:1)  A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.

 

(Psalm 120:2)  Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

 

(Psalm 120:3)  What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?

 

(Psalm 120:4)  A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!

 

(Psalm 120:5)  Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

 

(Psalm 120:6)  Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.

 

(Psalm 120:7)  I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!

 

Psalm 121

(Psalm 121:1)  A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

 

(Psalm 121:2)  My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

 

(Psalm 121:3)  He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.

 

(Psalm 121:4)  Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

 

(Psalm 121:5)  The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.

 

(Psalm 121:6)  The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

 

(Psalm 121:7)  The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

 

(Psalm 121:8)  The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

 

Psalm 122

(Psalm 122:1)  A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"

 

(Psalm 122:2)  Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!

 

(Psalm 122:3)  Jerusalem--built as a city that is bound firmly together,

 

(Psalm 122:4)  to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

 

(Psalm 122:5)  There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

 

(Psalm 122:6)  Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they be secure who love you!

 

(Psalm 122:7)  Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!"

 

(Psalm 122:8)  For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!"

 

(Psalm 122:9)  For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.

 

Psalm 123

(Psalm 123:1)  A Song of Ascents. To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

 

(Psalm 123:2)  Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us.

 

(Psalm 123:3)  Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.

 

(Psalm 123:4)  Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.

 

Psalm 124

(Psalm 124:1)  A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side-- let Israel now say--

 

(Psalm 124:2)  if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us,

 

(Psalm 124:3)  then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

 

(Psalm 124:4)  then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

 

(Psalm 124:5)  then over us would have gone the raging waters.

 

(Psalm 124:6)  Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!

 

(Psalm 124:7)  We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!

 

(Psalm 124:8)  Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

 

Psalm 125

(Psalm 125:1)  A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

 

(Psalm 125:2)  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.

 

(Psalm 125:3)  For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.

 

(Psalm 125:4)  Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts!

 

(Psalm 125:5)  But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!

 

Psalm 126

(Psalm 126:1)  A Song of Ascents. When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

 

(Psalm 126:2)  Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."

 

(Psalm 126:3)  The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.

 

(Psalm 126:4)  Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like streams in the Negeb!

 

(Psalm 126:5)  Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!

 

(Psalm 126:6)  He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

 

Psalm 127

(Psalm 127:1)  A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

 

(Psalm 127:2)  It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

 

(Psalm 127:3)  Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.

 

(Psalm 127:4)  Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.

 

(Psalm 127:5)  Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

 

Psalm 128

(Psalm 128:1)  A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!

 

(Psalm 128:2)  You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

 

(Psalm 128:3)  Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.

 

(Psalm 128:4)  Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

 

(Psalm 128:5)  The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!

 

(Psalm 128:6)  May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!

 

Psalm 129

(Psalm 129:1)  A Song of Ascents. "Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"-- let Israel now say--

 

(Psalm 129:2)  "Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

 

(Psalm 129:3)  The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."

 

(Psalm 129:4)  The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked.

 

(Psalm 129:5)  May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!

 

(Psalm 129:6)  Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

 

(Psalm 129:7)  with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

 

(Psalm 129:8)  nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!"

 

Psalm 130

(Psalm 130:1)  A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!

 

(Psalm 130:2)  O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

 

(Psalm 130:3)  If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

 

(Psalm 130:4)  But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

 

(Psalm 130:5)  I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;

 

(Psalm 130:6)  my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

 

(Psalm 130:7)  O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.

 

(Psalm 130:8)  And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

 

Psalm 131

(Psalm 131:1)  A Song of Ascents. Of David. O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

 

(Psalm 131:2)  But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.

 

(Psalm 131:3)  O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.

 

Psalm 132

(Psalm 132:1)  A Song of Ascents. Remember, O LORD, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured,

 

(Psalm 132:2)  how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

 

(Psalm 132:3)  "I will not enter my house or get into my bed,

 

(Psalm 132:4)  I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

 

(Psalm 132:5)  until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."

 

(Psalm 132:6)  Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

 

(Psalm 132:7)  "Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!"

 

(Psalm 132:8)  Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.

 

(Psalm 132:9)  Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.

 

(Psalm 132:10)  For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

 

(Psalm 132:11)  The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.

 

(Psalm 132:12)  If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall sit on your throne."

 

(Psalm 132:13)  For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:

 

(Psalm 132:14)  "This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

 

(Psalm 132:15)  I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

 

(Psalm 132:16)  Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.

 

(Psalm 132:17)  There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

 

(Psalm 132:18)  His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine."

 

Psalm 133

(Psalm 133:1)  A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!

 

(Psalm 133:2)  It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!

 

(Psalm 133:3)  It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

 

Psalm 134

(Psalm 134:1)  A Song of Ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!

 

(Psalm 134:2)  Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD!

 

(Psalm 134:3)  May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!

 

Psalm 135

(Psalm 135:1)  Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD, give praise, O servants of the LORD,

 

(Psalm 135:2)  who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God!

 

(Psalm 135:3)  Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!

 

(Psalm 135:4)  For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.

 

(Psalm 135:5)  For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

 

(Psalm 135:6)  Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

 

(Psalm 135:7)  He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

 

(Psalm 135:8)  He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;

 

(Psalm 135:9)  who in your midst, O Egypt, sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;

 

(Psalm 135:10)  who struck down many nations and killed mighty kings,

 

(Psalm 135:11)  Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

 

(Psalm 135:12)  and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.

 

(Psalm 135:13)  Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.

 

(Psalm 135:14)  For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.

 

(Psalm 135:15)  The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

 

(Psalm 135:16)  They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see;

 

(Psalm 135:17)  they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.

 

(Psalm 135:18)  Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them!

 

(Psalm 135:19)  O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!

 

(Psalm 135:20)  O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

 

(Psalm 135:21)  Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!

 

Psalm 136

(Psalm 136:1)  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

(Psalm 136:2)  Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

(Psalm 136:3)  Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:4)  to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:5)  to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:6)  to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:7)  to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:8)  the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:9)  the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:10)  to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:11)  and brought Israel out from among them, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:12)  with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:13)  to him who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:14)  and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:15)  but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:16)  to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:17)  to him who struck down great kings, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:18)  and killed mighty kings, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:19)  Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:20)  and Og, king of Bashan, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:21)  and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:22)  a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

(Psalm 136:23)  It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:24)  and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures forever;

 

(Psalm 136:25)  he who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

(Psalm 136:26)  Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

Psalm 137

(Psalm 137:1)  By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.

 

(Psalm 137:2)  On the willows there we hung up our lyres.

 

(Psalm 137:3)  For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

 

(Psalm 137:4)  How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

 

(Psalm 137:5)  If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!

 

(Psalm 137:6)  Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!

 

(Psalm 137:7)  Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!"

 

(Psalm 137:8)  O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!

 

(Psalm 137:9)  Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

 

Psalm 138

(Psalm 138:1)  Of David. I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

 

(Psalm 138:2)  I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

 

(Psalm 138:3)  On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.

 

(Psalm 138:4)  All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth,

 

(Psalm 138:5)  and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.

 

(Psalm 138:6)  For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

 

(Psalm 138:7)  Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.

 

(Psalm 138:8)  The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

 

Psalm 139

(Psalm 139:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, you have searched me and known me!

 

(Psalm 139:2)  You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.

 

(Psalm 139:3)  You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.

 

(Psalm 139:4)  Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.

 

(Psalm 139:5)  You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

 

(Psalm 139:6)  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.

 

(Psalm 139:7)  Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?

 

(Psalm 139:8)  If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

 

(Psalm 139:9)  If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

 

(Psalm 139:10)  even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

 

(Psalm 139:11)  If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,"

 

(Psalm 139:12)  even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

 

(Psalm 139:13)  For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

 

(Psalm 139:14)  I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

 

(Psalm 139:15)  My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

 

(Psalm 139:16)  Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

 

(Psalm 139:17)  How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

 

(Psalm 139:18)  If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.

 

(Psalm 139:19)  Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!

 

(Psalm 139:20)  They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain!

 

(Psalm 139:21)  Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

 

(Psalm 139:22)  I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies.

 

(Psalm 139:23)  Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

 

(Psalm 139:24)  And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

 

Psalm 140

(Psalm 140:1)  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,

 

(Psalm 140:2)  who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.

 

(Psalm 140:3)  They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

 

(Psalm 140:4)  Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.

 

(Psalm 140:5)  The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah

 

(Psalm 140:6)  I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD!

 

(Psalm 140:7)  O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

 

(Psalm 140:8)  Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah

 

(Psalm 140:9)  As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

 

(Psalm 140:10)  Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!

 

(Psalm 140:11)  Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

 

(Psalm 140:12)  I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.

 

(Psalm 140:13)  Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence.

 

Psalm 141

(Psalm 141:1)  A Psalm of David. O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!

 

(Psalm 141:2)  Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!

 

(Psalm 141:3)  Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

 

(Psalm 141:4)  Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies!

 

(Psalm 141:5)  Let a righteous man strike me--it is a kindness; let him rebuke me--it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

 

(Psalm 141:6)  When their judges are thrown over the cliff, then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.

 

(Psalm 141:7)  As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

 

(Psalm 141:8)  But my eyes are toward you, O GOD, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!

 

(Psalm 141:9)  Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!

 

(Psalm 141:10)  Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.

 

Psalm 142

(Psalm 142:1)  A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. With my voice I cry out to the LORD; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD.

 

(Psalm 142:2)  I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.

 

(Psalm 142:3)  When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

 

(Psalm 142:4)  Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.

 

(Psalm 142:5)  I cry to you, O LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

 

(Psalm 142:6)  Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!

 

(Psalm 142:7)  Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.

 

Psalm 143

(Psalm 143:1)  A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!

 

(Psalm 143:2)  Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

 

(Psalm 143:3)  For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

 

(Psalm 143:4)  Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

 

(Psalm 143:5)  I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands.

 

(Psalm 143:6)  I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

 

(Psalm 143:7)  Answer me quickly, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.

 

(Psalm 143:8)  Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

 

(Psalm 143:9)  Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge!

 

(Psalm 143:10)  Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!

 

(Psalm 143:11)  For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!

 

(Psalm 143:12)  And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.

 

Psalm 144

(Psalm 144:1)  Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

 

(Psalm 144:2)  he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

 

(Psalm 144:3)  O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?

 

(Psalm 144:4)  Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

 

(Psalm 144:5)  Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!

 

(Psalm 144:6)  Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them!

 

(Psalm 144:7)  Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners,

 

(Psalm 144:8)  whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

 

(Psalm 144:9)  I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,

 

(Psalm 144:10)  who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.

 

(Psalm 144:11)  Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

 

(Psalm 144:12)  May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace;

 

(Psalm 144:13)  may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

 

(Psalm 144:14)  may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!

 

(Psalm 144:15)  Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

 

Psalm 145

(Psalm 145:1)  A Song of Praise. Of David. I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.

 

(Psalm 145:2)  Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.

 

(Psalm 145:3)  Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

 

(Psalm 145:4)  One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.

 

(Psalm 145:5)  On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

 

(Psalm 145:6)  They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness.

 

(Psalm 145:7)  They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

 

(Psalm 145:8)  The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

 

(Psalm 145:9)  The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

 

(Psa 145:10)  All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!

 

(Psalm 145:11)  They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,

 

(Psalm 145:12)  to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

 

(Psalm 145:13)  Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. (The LORD is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works.)

 

(Psalm 145:14)  The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

 

(Psalm 145:15)  The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.

 

(Psalm 145:16)  You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

 

(Psalm 145:17)  The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

 

(Psalm 145:18)  The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

 

(Psalm 145:19)  He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

 

(Psalm 145:20)  The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

 

(Psalm 145:21)  My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

 

Psalm 146

(Psalm 146:1)  Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

 

(Psalm 146:2)  I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

 

(Psalm 146:3)  Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

 

(Psalm 146:4)  When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

 

(Psalm 146:5)  Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

 

(Psalm 146:6)  who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

 

(Psalm 146:7)  who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free;

 

(Psalm 146:8)  the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.

 

(Psalm 146:9)  The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

 

(Psalm 146:10)  The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

 

Psalm 147

(Psalm 147:1)  Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

 

(Psalm 147:2)  The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

 

(Psalm 147:3)  He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

 

(Psalm 147:4)  He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

 

(Psalm 147:5)  Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

 

(Psalm 147:6)  The LORD lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.

 

(Psalm 147:7)  Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!

 

(Psalm 147:8)  He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.

 

(Psalm 147:9)  He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.

 

(Psalm 147:10)  His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

 

(Psalm 147:11)  but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

 

(Psalm 147:12)  Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

 

(Psalm 147:13)  For he strengthens the bars of your gates; he blesses your children within you.

 

(Psalm 147:14)  He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.

 

(Psalm 147:15)  He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

 

(Psalm 147:16)  He gives snow like wool; he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

 

(Psalm 147:17)  He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?

 

(Psalm 147:18)  He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow.

 

(Psalm 147:19)  He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.

 

(Psalm 147:20)  He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the LORD!

 

Psalm 148

(Psalm 148:1)  Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights!

 

(Psalm 148:2)  Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!

 

(Psalm 148:3)  Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars!

 

(Psalm 148:4)  Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!

 

(Psalm 148:5)  Let them praise the name of the LORD! For he commanded and they were created.

 

(Psalm 148:6)  And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.

 

(Psalm 148:7)  Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps,

 

(Psalm 148:8)  fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!

 

(Psalm 148:9)  Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars!

 

(Psalm 148:10)  Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying birds!

 

(Psalm 148:11)  Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!

 

(Psalm 148:12)  Young men and maidens together, old men and children!

 

(Psalm 148:13)  Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven.

 

(Psalm 148:14)  He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the LORD!

 

Psalm 149

(Psalm 149:1)  Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!

 

(Psalm 149:2)  Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!

 

(Psalm 149:3)  Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!

 

(Psalm 149:4)  For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.

 

(Psalm 149:5)  Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.

 

(Psalm 149:6)  Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,

 

(Psalm 149:7)  to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

 

(Psalm 149:8)  to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,

 

(Psalm 149:9)  to execute on them the judgment written! This is honor for all his godly ones. Praise the LORD!

 

Psalm 150

(Psalm 150:1)  Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!

 

(Psalm 150:2)  Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!

 

(Psalm 150:3)  Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!

 

(Psalm 150:4)  Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!

 

(Psalm 150:5)  Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

 

(Psalm 150:6)  Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

 

These Psalms all show how merciful and wonderful God really is, listening to our prayers and deserving of all of our praise that we offer Him. There also is advice on how to live, as well. Jesus came and died for all of us, out of love, so we can be restored to a good relationship with Him and the Father, and there is nothing comparable to an excellent relationship with God the Father, nothing at all because He is so good to each and every one if us and loves us more than we can know. I am now including a prayer which you can use to invite Jesus into your heart to start this wonderful love relationship or have Him come back, if you have drifted away for any reason. Please pray this following prayer with me:

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours